From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:23:25 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Solar power plant on Chicago's South Side |
Exelon to build largest U.S. urban solar power plant on Chicago's South SideComEd parent looks to stimulus money for 10-megawatt photovoltaic building near 120th and Peoria in West Pullman BY CHERYL V. JACKSON Chicago Sun Times April 23, 2009ComEd parent Exelon Corp. plans to build the nation's largest urban solar power plant on the city's South Side by year's end. The $60 million project is expected to create about 200 temporary construction jobs and 10 to 15 permanent positions at the plant. The project is contingent upon Exelon getting a federal loan guarantee for up to 80 percent of its cost under the federal stimulus package that is doling out money for green jobs and emissions reductions. The planned 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic building would be at an industrial site near 120th and Peoria in the West Pullman neighborhood, Chicago-headquartered Exelon said Wednesday. ... For the entire article, see http://www.suntimes.com/business/1540009,CST-FIN-solar23.article -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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